Micah Harris, PhD
@writermicah
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Novelist and PhD Political Theorist, currently at Duke University.
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined February 2016
Congratulations to @writermicah (CUA Ph.D.) on his new article, "Emiles and Sophies: How Noah Webster Educated America’s Youth Like Characters from Rousseau," published in the History of Political Thought!
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Rousseau had more influence in early America than we thought! See my new HPT article, "Emiles and Sophies: How Noah Webster Educated America’s Youth Like Characters from Rousseau."
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I am now a nuclear expert! Someone said so on TV. (Interview begins at 3:33.)
spectrumlocalnews.com
We talk to Micah Harris of Duke University and Ryan Boyce of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.
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On the podcast today, @writermicah reads his short story "The Dead Hand." Listen to the episode: https://t.co/87zOOJRStO or read in our current issue: https://t.co/m21pi3LlNL
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Duke Political Science is accepting submissions for a Frontiers Workshop in Democratic Theory! Please share widely!
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An afterword on Dr. King's villains. And a note about what kind of person our society promotes to the top.
realclearhistory.com
Martin Luther King, Jr. said the goal of the civil rights movement should be to turn an enemy into a friend. It can be done, he said, because people aren’t simply good or evil. “There is s
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It's titled, "Noah Webster and the Influence of Rousseau on Education in America, 1785–1835"
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Y'all! It's my first peer-reviewed publication! If you're curious how the American founders read books and used the ideas they found to help shape a new nation, you might find this interesting. https://t.co/VDOkHFf0GG
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Just signed the publication contract for my first peer-reviewed journal article! “Noah Webster and the Influence of Rousseau on Education in America, 1785 - 1835” Thank you especially to @AOprea_PPE, @w_merrill, @bkleinerman, and @JustinLitke for coaching me through the process!
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It was a long road. Between Nov 1 and late April, I submitted 30+ applications and got nothing but silence and rejections. I had a great outcome. Still, it was exhausting and demoralizing. And, since my new post is temporary, I'll be back at it again, starting in a few weeks.
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Y'all! I got a PhD! I will be starting a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University this fall. And I'm thrilled! https://t.co/inCjDWGUu0
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Thesis defended! Y'all, I'm trading my ABD in for a PhD!
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Just submitted a complete draft of my PhD thesis: "How Political Action Shapes the Actor: The Political Theory of Martin Luther King Jr." If all goes well, there's going to be a Dr. Harris on the job market soon!
micahharris.com
I am a Senior Program Coordinator and Research Fellow with the Transformative Ideas program at Duke University. I hold a PhD in Political Theory from the Catholic University of America where I wrote...
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Proud of @SchmittTheory for designing and implementing a practical class in Political Theory. You think about it. Then you learn it by living it. Then you think again about what you did. It's called theory. https://t.co/N3HG58Iqvc
cambridge.org
Integrating Classroom and Community with Undergraduate Civically Engaged Research - Volume 56 Issue 4
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When dissertation life and dad life collide, Gandhi picks a vulnerable moment to make his point, and Siri struggles to keep up. 😬👨🍼
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You could write the same article about C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot, Flannery O'Connor, Alan Bloom, and Harold Bloom and title it "Classical education is a bust" https://t.co/4zCyP2oWYq
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Good words from @aarondamiani
3 questions to ask yourself before observing Lent... https://t.co/2PvQSYTDyO
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So . . . we chat about how my book builds a conversation across political boundaries. Then the host builds energy to hold people through the commercial break with "liberalism is a mental disorder. Come back . . ." Sigh
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In the fall of 2014 I was revising a novel proposing that the world is a better place when the strongest country and the best country are the same country. At the same time, my friend Leanne Cannon was showing us how it is done. https://t.co/uDRGd445yx
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